Product feature doesn't work, a workaround may exist but it's difficult to use or impractical

usability

Prevents users from completing work without significant or inefficient legworkImproperly or inconsistently named or ordered item defined in Permanent UI specsWindow does not resize dynamically to show all of it - not need to resize window (doesn't apply when using --fontsize)

crash or deadlock

Intermittent crash or deadlock that happens fairly often

memory leak

Significant memory leak of a functionality which is used repeatedly

performance

Regression in UI responsiveness (>50%) and breaking UI guidelines (100ms, 1s)Significant scalability problemAWT thread blocked by a task which could run on backgroundNo or inappropriate indication of progress of a running task

exception/frequency

The issue has more than 20 exception reports or more than 10 duplicates + votes

accessibility

Crash or exception caused by cooperation of NetBeans IDE with Assistive TechnologyFunctionality available by mouse is not reachable by keyboardOpened window doesn't gain the focus directly (invoked window hides, minimizes or stays on background with no possibility to focus it)Component "eats" focus (doesn't release it) - cannot switch to another component by keyboardFont, Color or Sound are being used as the only cue to the userAccessible Name is not set, or is hardly understandable (incorrect meaning; HTML tags; ...)

internationalization

Text/messages do not come from a localized fileIt's impossible input or see proper representation of characters from another locale (user is running IDE in) or characters of another encoding chosen by user for their project

others

Affects another developer's progress

P3

Part of a product feature is affected, a viable workaround exists

usability

Prevents users from using the software efficiently, could be an annoyance, or could result in a bad impression of Netbeans' usability

memory leak

Small memory leak of a functionality which is not used often

performance

UI responsiveness of a feature breaking UI guidelines (100ms, 1s) Bad use of API which causes waste of resources